Women of the Fur Trade

Offering a sharp, self-aware comedy set on the contested lands of the North-West Territories at the dawn of the Red River Resistance, “Women of the Fur Trade” by Frances Koncan opens with a deliberate disruption of historical convention. Three women, each shaped by a distinct worldview and survival instinct, find themselves sharing a precarious moment in history marked by political tension and romantic obsession. As flirtation, misinformation, and desire collide, the play dismantles heroic narratives and reframes colonial history through wit and irreverence.